[39] The Chalet am Stein (or Chalet Buol) at Davos.
[40] In the summer of 1870: see above, pp. 24-30, and the essay Memories of an Islet in Memories and Portraits.
[41] From Landor’s Gebir: the line refers to Napoleon Bonaparte.
[42] The Editor’s defence was in the following terms: “That which you condemn is really the best story now appearing in the paper, and the impress of an able writer is stamped on every paragraph of the Treasure Island. You will probably share this opinion when you have read a little more of it.”
[43] I struggle as hard as I know how against both, but a judicious postcard would sometimes save me the expense of the second.
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